Shaun Considine

When the 1970s ended, withdrawing from freelance journalism,
I started writing books, which provided contact with other
authors, directors, and photographers especially. The latter
included Ruth Orkin, Art Kane and Cornell Capa, who helped
expand my interest in documentary photography. Since there
was now more time and freedom to explore the avenues, streets
and parks of the city, these soon became the main soundstage
for my photographic life. And though the cameras became
smaller, faster and cheaper, the wealth of scenes and subjects
grew wider and deeper. As old familiar buildings were being
razed, new taller ones, geared mostly for finance and commerce,
rose in their place. With them came the super rich of the 1980s,
and the super poor - the "marginal" people, the dispossessed,
the eccentrics and other creative mavericks who insisted on
occupying and mining the same social terrain that Manhattan's
nouveau society were laying claim to.

To all - may the abiding nature of their individuality and
uniqueness continue to mesmerize their fellow travelers.


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